7-4-7: Your Thanksgiving Eve guide

Tuesday

Nov 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM

We've got the picks for where you should be heading the night before Thanksgiving, one of the biggest party nights of the year.

SHARP STAFF REPORT

1Yes, you too can date a U.S. Marine! Pocono Brewing Company is sponsoring a Marine date auction to benefit Toys for Tots. Eleven men and one woman — all marines, and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts — will be up for grabs for a date. Local singer Christian Porter is providing the entertainment for the show starting at 9 p.m.

2When you add together the Pocono Duo and Jim Roberti, you get the Maybabies, and the band is playing Front Row Sports Bar in Stroudsburg tonight starting around 10.

3Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra will be at Penn’s Peak tonight, with $29 tickets at the door. Longtime Dead sound engineer Dan Healy is working the sound board for the concert, where $1 from each ticket will go to benefit the Dead’s charitable Rex Foundation. The show starts at 8 p.m.

4Steve McDaniel takes a week off from his normal Wednesday night gig at Front Row to play at Pub 715 South in Reeders starting around 10 p.m.

5International Lounge — a new local band of old faces from Nickel 56 and Sylvans Pet — is playing its debut show at Johnny O’s (the former McDorff’s on Route 447) in East Stroudsburg starting at 9 p.m.

6If you’re more into the early thing, New Jersey guys Str8 Jakket are playing the Cinder Inn on Stokes Avenue in East Stroudsburg starting around 8 p.m.

7Jimmy Brown and his acoustic guitar will be at Siamsa Irish Pub on Main Street, Stroudsburg.